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GAME INFO publisher: Sony Entertainment developer: Verant Interactive genre: Shooters MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS PIII-1000, 256MB RAM, 3GB HDD, 64MB 3D accelerator	ESRB rating: T homepage: www.station.sony.com/planetside release date: May 20, 03 (released)

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Reviews

»	Jun 04, 03 PlanetSide review Editor: Please turn your attention to the gaming genre to my left. Representing First Person Shooters, wearing the yellow trunks with smiley faces in the crosshairs... » MORE

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Previews

»	Mar 08, 03 PlanetSide Hands-On When you think Massively Multiplayer gaming, one has to think Sony. You think Happy Little Elves who wave their hands and summon flowers while a Dwarf stands near by and polishes his ax. That is Sony's past. Sony's future is PlanetSide... » MORE

»	May 25, 02 PlanetSide First Look Dang! And I was actually beginning to wonder about this game; if it will ever come out or not. Well, rest assured dear Action Trip readers, Sony Online is hard at work at this puppy and the game itself has never looked so good! In fact... » MORE

»	Jan 22, 01 PlanetSide Preview OK, now I sorta know how Nicholas Cage's character felt in 8mm. After plunging into the bottomless pit known as the PlanetSide community and forums I have completely lost track of time... » MORE

25 news item(s)

News Stories

»	Sep 26, 2009 PlanetSide 2 in Development Here's a name from the past. PlanetSide Universe has the word that SOE sent a mail to PlanetSide past and present subscribers, asking if they'd like to see a sequel to the online shooter (thanks, VE3D). » MORE

Aug 11, 2008

Star Trek Online Debut Trailer
Cryptic Studios is working on a new MMOG set in the Star Trek universe. Star Trek Online will allow players to command a starship as a Federation or a Klingon Captain, outfit it with custom systems and recruit, train and mold a crew into an elite force for exploration and combat.

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»	Jan 22, 2007 Blizzard Not Working on World of Warcraft 2 Blizzard has offered some hints into what their next MMORPG is going to be. And guess what? It isn't going to be World of Warcraft 2. Blizzard doesn't like to do the same projects over and over again. » MORE

»	Jan 23, 2006 12-month Subscription Free Planetside Sony announces their plans (on the official Planetside forums) to let new Planetside players create a new account and and play for free for a period of 12 months. » MORE

»	Apr 27, 2005 New Action MMOG from SONY in the Works? CNN Money claims that SONY is secretly working on a new action MMOG, which they should announce some time next year. I guess they want to give this sub-genre another go after Planetside. » MORE

»	Mar 19, 2003 Purge Screenshots Out the Wazoo! Shazam! Twenty seven new Purge screenshots! Well, slap my ass and call me Charlie (or don't), this game looks like it should have come out years ago. It looks slightly better than AVP2. » MORE

Oct 29, 2003

Planetside: Core Combat Ships
Planetside's expansion has launched, you can expect to be playing this baby soon, I mean, it's sort of odd that any would go buy it at the store when they can download it, and it's pretty obvious that the people that play Planetside are pretty inclined to have broadband (The beta was lag city).

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»	Sep 17, 2003 PlanetSide Expansion Shots The boys and gals at GamespyDaily have posted ten new shots from SOE's upcoming PlanetSide Expansion -- Core Combat. I truly have no idea why they're working on an expansion pack so soon. » MORE

»	Aug 15, 2003 Planetside Expansion Announced Planetside just got its first expansion announced, Core Combat! Core Combat is going to add some new alien technology and some other crap like caves. A website is already up offering a look at some new weapons and a schedule of things to come. » MORE

»	Jul 16, 2003 Shots of Breeding! There's some new Breed shots over here. They look like they could remove your soul too. In case you didn't know, Breed is one of many upcoming FPS that is set in Sci-fi land with vehicles and deserts and stuff. » MORE

Apr 29, 2003

PlanetSide Contest Announcement!
Good news for Planetside beta contest winners. Sony Online Entertainment confirmed late last night that the Planetside beta code will ship today to all 25 lucky contest winners! SOE's PR Sean Kauppinen dropped us a line, saying that copies of Planetside BETA are to arrive soon.

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»	Apr 24, 2003 Planetside Limited Release Shipping May 19th Sony Online Entertainment has announced that Planetside will be shipping to stores across North America from May 19th (that's when the limited release is supposed to hit the shelves). » MORE

Apr 22, 2003

Here are the 25 winners of the PlanetSide BETA contest!
ActionTrip proudly announces the 25 lucky AT visitors who have entered and won our recent PlanetSide beta contest! Yep, you were all fortunate enough to participate in the BETA test and help the development team optimize and fine-tune this cool-looking MMOFPS.

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»	Apr 14, 2003 We're Giving Away Planetside BETA Accounts! ActionTrip.com in cooperation with Sony Online Entertainment is giving away 25 beta accounts for Planetside, SOE's upcoming kick-ass MMOFPS game slated for release later this year. » MORE

»	Apr 07, 2003 Planetside Screenies and Soldner Stuff! Yippie! XGR has some great Planetside screenshots up. I say great because they aren't the typically no-HUD stuff Sony shows off, these ones show the HUD and combat. » MORE

»	Mar 24, 2003 Planetside Screenshots: Wholesome Goodness! Here's some wholesome info! Planetside screenshots. It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside to see the latest shots from this MMOFPS. It's like Lassie except without the bestiality. » MORE

»	Mar 18, 2003 Planetside Update Stuff! The Planetside website is offering one new very pretty screenshot and a beta progress update of the largest battle to date. 150 troops took part in the battle which helped optimize the net code. » MORE

Jun 12, 2003

US Weekly Top-Selling PC Games
The randy-dandy folks at NPD Group/NPDTechworld have made a midget porn movie. Nope, but they came close, because, in my book, releasing a list of top-selling games in the US for the week ending May 31st is very much similar to producing a midget porn movie.

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Jun 11, 2003

PlanetSide Plans
As it was expected Sony Online Entertainment is hard at work on adding new content to PlanetSide. The official site for the game includes a list of changes and additions that will be made in the next couple of weeks, including details on "Facility Link Benefits," new vehicles, advanced hacking, orbital strikes, EMP blasts, and more.

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»	Jun 04, 2003 SOE Working Hard to Fix PlanetSide Server Issues They are quick... SOE is working around the clock to fix the server issues in PlanetSide (the ones that caused the game to randomly crash to desktop). » MORE

»	May 19, 2003 PlanetSide Ships to Stores I know this is gonna make our MMORPG editor Vince "Moesha" Massa happy as a punch. Planetside has shipped to stores. I understand that our news guy, Smappy, is really into PS as well. » MORE

May 17, 2003

An Update From Sony Online Entertainment!
Sony Online Entertainment has launched a big fat nuke at its competitors in the online gaming community. In a move that will strike fear in the hearts of Sony's competition, SOE announced that starting next week the All Access monthly subscription will be available to subscribers.

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»	May 08, 2003 PlanetSide Launch Report Our US Editor Vince "Moesha" Massa was treated to some PlanetSide loving a couple of days ago at this press shindig held by the people at Sony Online Entertainment. » MORE

»	May 01, 2003 Planetside Update! There's a new Planetside letter thing talking about the recent changes in the beta. It talks about all the recent gameplay improvements and how they're hard a work, trying to get this puppy out to the world by May 19th. » MORE

May 05, 2003

PlanetSide on the 20th!
Planetside will be in stores on the 20th and boy, is that frickin' sweet! "Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online gaming, announced that its highly-anticipated massively multiplayer online first-person action game, PlanetSide™ will make history when it launches on May 20.

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